Duplex fish-hook.



No. 650,277. v Patented May 22, I900.

J. ROSSNER.

DUPLEX FISH HOOK.

(Application filed Feb. 3, 1900.)

No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ROSSNER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

DUPLEX FlSH-HQOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,277, dated May 22,1900.

Application filed February 3, 1900. Serial No. 3,869. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN'RossNER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at New York, in the borough of Manhattan and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Duplex Fish-Hooks,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to d uplex fish-hooks; and the object of theinvention is to provide a duplex fish-hook arranged and set in such wisethat as soon as the fish takes the bait the barbed hooks are dislocatedand they spring apart, so as to increase the chances of catching thefish, thus making the sport of fishing more interesting and successful.

The invention consists, broadly, of a duplex fish-hook comprising twohook portions which point in opposite directions and the shanks of whichare connected and made springy, so that the point of one hook portionmay rest against the shank of the other hook portion and the barbedpoints be thereby set.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isa side elevation of my improvedduplex fishhook. Fig. 2 is a side elevation in a plane at right anglesto Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the hooks set, the baitbeing in dotted lines; and Fig. at is a transverse section on line 4 4,Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout thedrawings.

Referring to the drawings, A A indicate the shanks of my duplexfish-hook, and B B the hook portions, pointed and barbed, as usual. Theends of the shanks A A are joined bya spring-coil C, forming an eye forthe attachment of the line D. The shanks A A are arranged at or divergefrom opposite sides of the spring-coil C, and the pointed ends of thehook portions are directed oppositely. One of the shanks-say A-isslightly flattened on its inner side at a, (see Fig. 4,) so that thepoint of the other hook portion may be set against it, as shown in Fig.3, without dangerof being too sensitive to disturbing forces.

In order to permit the described setting of the duplex fish-hook, it isnecessary in the form of the invention shown that the outer end of shankA be bent to one side of the plane of the device, as shown in Fig. 2,while the hook portion 13 thereof is turned so as to form an acute anglewith the plane of the hook portion B,whercby the point of the hookportion 13' is brought approximately in the plane of the hook portion Band its shank. In this way the tension of the set parts at their pointof contact is such that there is less liability to the fish-hook beingsprung, as the strain is in the direction of the flat a.

To use my improved duplex hook, the hook portions are baited and thenpressed together, so that both the shanks and the hook portions willcross, the point of the hook portion Bbeing set against the fiat a. Whena fish takes the bait, the hook portion B is unseated and the two hookportions spring quickly apart, so that if the bait is not swallowed andthe hooks do not penetrate at both sides of the mouth of the fish eitherone or the other hook is likely to enter the fish, depending upon whichside the bait has been attacked. Even a nibbling of the bait is oftensuflicient to spring the duplex hook.

It is evident that the described duplexhook may be made of oneintegralpart or several parts brazed together.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. A duplex fish-hook, composed of two hook portions pointed in oppositedirections, and two connected spring-shanks, one shank and its hookportion being approximately in one plane and the second shank being bentout of the plane, of the first shank, its hook portion being bent at anacute angle to but toward the general plane of the device and having itspoint located in the general plane of the device and the spring tendencyof the shanks retaining the said point in contact with the oppositeshank,when the hook is set, substantially as set forth.

2. The duplex fish-hook, composed of two hook portions and two connectedspringshanks, the shank of one hook portion havinga flat against whichthe point of the other hook portion may be set and toward which saidpoint presses when the shanks are properly crossed, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN ROSSNER.

